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Let’s Understand the

Qur’an

Lesson -1a

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جزاكم الله خيراMay Allah reward those

Who made arrangements to get it delivered or informed you about it.

Al-Manar Quran Study Center;

Brs Hamed, Mohsin, Emad, Bashir, Aafat, and many others who made enormous

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مباركCongratulations to you!

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Lesson 1a

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If we fail to plan, we plan to fail.

Therefore, First, UNDERSTAND the Task. Next, make the PLAN. Then, ASK Allah make the task easy. And, START the Task.

(If you walk towards Him, Allah will come to you running!!) -

Hadeeth

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For Understanding Al-Qur'an

First get to know…

How many words are there? How fast can our brain learn new

words?

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In the MUSHAF of Madinah, (or the one used by those who memorize the

Qur’an)

Pages in the Mus-haf 600 Lines per page 15 Words per Line 9 Total Words in every page 130 Total Words (130 x 600) 78,000

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In the MUSHAF from Madinah, (or the one used by those who memorize the

Qur’an) Non-repeated Words 17,000 Unique words

(after learning صرف) 4,500

Root words 1,850

Root words occur in derived forms too.

م� م� م� م م�، � م م� م�، ل م�

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Easy to Learn!

Allah says, “Verily We have made Al-Qur'an EASY to understand and remember”

To say: “Al-Qur'an is difficult” is from shaitan! NEVER agree with it and NEVER say it.

Can we contradict the Qur’an!?

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Easy to Learn!

Allah has made His Al-Qur'an easy for us in many wonderful ways. For example,…

The words of Surah Fatihah are repeated …

7500 times in Al-Qur'an!

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Easy to Learn: Step 1 Words from a typical Salah (the Surah Al-

Fatiha, 6 small surahs + azkar) occur almost

40,000 times in the Qur’aan.

i.e., 50% of the words… or every 2nd word in the Qur’aan is from DAILY Salah!

That is the content of our Course-1

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Easy to Learn: Step 2

Course-2: Additional Recitations + Selections from the Qur’an & Supplications

From these 2 courses, we can learn

250 words that occur in Al-Qur'an 55,000 times

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After the 2 Short Courses …

Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-Qur'an Juz’/ Paarah 1 : 20 per

page Juz’ / Paarah 2 to 5 : 12 per

page Juz’ / Paarah 6 to 28 : 6 per page Juz’ / Paarah 29 to 30 : 12 per page

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Unfamiliar or New words per page in Al-Qur'an after the 2 Short Courses

New Words in the Qur'an (after you study the 2 short courses)

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Repetition / Reinforcement Opportunity on Every Page of Al-Qur'an!

New Words per page : 20 TOTAL words per page :

130 Repeated words :

110 Therefore, each page ensure enough

revision of the words that have learnt earlier!!!

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Human Brain Capacity???

New Words memorizable per Day : 15 The Secret of this Capacity :

Repetition

Repetition ensures that the learnt words get stored in the PERMANENT MEMORY of the brain

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Just 250 hours!

To understand Al-Qur’an, you need 250 Hours! (20 hours for the 2 short courses + 7 hours for each of the 30 Juz’u/Paarah)

Start A.S.A.P. (As Soon As Possible)

When you have any way decided to learn, Why Delay?

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Objectives of Course - 1

1. To convince you that Qur’an is easy to understand

2. To pray Salah effectively3. Encourage you to recite Qur’an

again and again with understanding4. Help in interacting with the Qur’an

(to bring it into our lives)5. To generate the team spirit

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3 Terrible Shortcomings!

1.Fast…2.Roaming…3.No feelings

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What will we study?In 19 lessons (First Part)• Surah Al-Fatihah, and last 6

Surahs• Parts of Salah• Supplications, etc.• PLUS grammar rules in every

session

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In each session, we will study

Qur’an / Hadith Grammar Learning and motivational tips

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StrategyThrough these common

recitations, we will learn: 125 words that occur in the

Qur’an almost 40,000 times (50% of the words of the Qur’an)

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Understanding Qur’anvs.

Learning Arabic Language

3 Major Differences in our approach

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No. 1: Smooth Start Start from Salah (Why use any other

text, for Qur’an)… If I want to teach you French and if I

know that you speak something in French for 1 hour, I will say: Learn that first!

A common sense approach Valid for every Muslim man, woman,

old, and young, and even for a child …

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No. 2: Focus on Listening and Reading

Language Learning

Understanding Qur’an

Reception

Listening Reading

Production

Speaking - X- Writing -X-

Speaking & writing: i.e., express himself (not just able to use his pen)

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More focus on Vocabulary (just the way a child learns…)

Less focus on grammar; otherwise if we teach the way shown below, people will run away!

No. 3: More Focus on Vocabulary

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باب مهموز، مذكر، جمع، غائب،إفعال

النون بثبوت مرفوع مضارع فعلوالواو الخمسة، األفعال من ألنهفاعل رفع محل في متصل ضمير

يؤمنون

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Rules of the Short Course

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Approach

With doubt (whether we can learn or not?)

Infact with a firm belief that Allah the high will make it easy for us to learn.

(الرحمن علم القرآن)

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Rules …

Remember the golden rule:

I listen, I forget. I see, I remember. I practice, I learn (HW

too). I teach, I master (more

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Grammar & Learning tips